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Habiti delle Donne Venetiane . . .

Title page of the book Habiti delle Donne Venetiane" (Dress of Venetian Women) which consists of twenty numbered plates of ornately dressed women. This very decorati...

$1000 / ≈ €881
Maker / Publisher: FRANCO, G.
Place & Date: Venice, ca. 1591

 


Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.

RECTO: One 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds and six 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five line-fillers in same...

$400 / ≈ €352
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: France, ca. 1530

 


Nouvel atlas geographique & historique.. / Nieuwe en geographische en historische Atlas..

This second edition of this charming travel compendium is becoming relatively scarce nowadays.Illustrated with a charming frontispiece, two uncolored plates of a sphere, ...

$2750 / ≈ €2423
Maker / Publisher: DE LET,H./ BAALDE,S.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1778

 


La Florida/ Peruviae Auriferae regionis Typus/ Guastecan.

The Chaves map of Florida is a prime example of an explorer's map since it records the recent discoveries of Cabeza de Vaca, De Soto, and Moscoso. The map revealed little...

$1400 / ≈ €1233
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592